Combination tool



Get. 9 1923.

C. B. JACOBY COMBINATION-TOOL Filed April 18, 1922 Patented Qct.:9,' 1923.

, cHAnLrsB. JACOBY, or NANTIcoxE, PENNSY VANIA.

COMBINATION TOOL.

Application flled April 18, 1922. Serial No. 554,788.

, so arranged as to fold compactly within a handle member or casing and be completely protectedand concealed when not in use,

' and in which certain of the devices cooperate with others to hold them reliably in closed position and against wobbling.

Another object isto provide a device of this character in whichv a hollow handle open at its top and bottom has a bracing connector for its side walls which also operates as a stop to limit the closing movement of the various tools. Another object is to provide such an implement, the handle of which is equipped with an extension which forms a housing for the pivoted ends of some of the tools when closed, and also as a support therefor when open.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the tool embodying this invention with one of the blades shown open ready for use,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detail section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment illustrated, the imple- 'ment constituting this invention includes a handle or casing 1 composed of a single strip of material preferably of sheet metal bent intermediate its ends as shown at 2 to form a substantially cylindrical housing 3 which has a notched recess 4 in one edge thereof to form a seat for tools hereinafter to be described.

The, metal strip constituting the casing being bent to form the housing 3, has the members thereof extended parallel with each other as shown at 5 and 6 and connected by a pivot 21 which also forms a journal for certain tools to be described. Side members. 7 and 8 of the strig arebowed outwardly as shown clearly in ig. 2 to form the body portion or casing of the handle and at their front or free ends are bent inwardly toward each other to form clamping jaws 9 and 9" between which is fixedlymounted a combinedcan and bottle opener 10 secured by riveting or otherwise between the jaws. The strip members in advance of said member 10 are bent inwardly toward each other in contactingrelation and riveted together, having their terminals bent outwardly at right angles in opposite directions as shown at 12 and 13, and form anabut-ment for bearing I on the top of the can when the device is to be used as a can opener, the plate 14 which performs the. cutting operation beinglarranged to cooperate with the abutment formed by the members 12 and 13. The member 10 carries a bottle opener in the form of a hook 15 arranged at the side of the tool opposite that carrying the cutter blade 14, as isshown clearly in Fig. 1.

A connecting rod 15' extends transversely between the side members 7 and 8 near one edge thereof and has its ends upset to prevent -its withdrawal. This rod 15' in addition to preventing the spreading of the side members 7 and 8 also operates as a stop to limit the closing movement of a corkscrew 16, screw-driver 18, knife blade 19, and saw 20, which tools all appear in closed position in F ig. 1 resting against the cross-rod 15' which limits their closing movement.

The corkscrew 16 is composed of a piece .of heavy wire coiled throughout the greater portion of its length and having at one end a longitudinally extending arm 16 which lies in close proximity to the inner face of the side member 8 and is pivotally connected therewith at 17.

The screwdriver blade 18 is pivoted at one end tothe side wall 7 as shown at 19' and hes when closed, in close proximity. to the inner face of said side member.

Mounted between the corkscrew 16 and the screwdriver 18 are two blades 19 and 20 which are here shown of equal length, although obviously they need notbe so. These blades have their rear ends extendedbetween 'These ends of the 5 and 6 with their terminals extending tween thern'a spacing washer 22 to provide for their being opened and 'used without coming in contact with each other.

The blades 19 and 20 when closed are located midway the width of the casing and extend into the path of the corkscrew 16 so that when said corkscrew is closed, it will bear laterally against the adjacent blade 19 and force said blades toward the opposite side of the casing, thereby operating to defleet and hold them securely against webbling and against accidental opening.

When either of the blades 19 and 20 is swung into open pos'tion as shown in Fig. 1, the rear edge thereof will rest in the seat 4 formed in the upper edge of the housing 3 which will limit the opening movement of the blade and' form a' resistance there-for during the cutting movement.

It is of course understood that either blade 19 and 20 may be opened at the will .ofthe user for cutting or sawing as may be desired, and that the screwdriver 18 may be swung into open position at right angles to the casing in whichit is mounted,,or slightly at an angle,

of the casing'which will hold the device against pivotal movement, a

The can-opening blade 14 or the bottle blades hav arranged belng withsone edge abutting the end meaeae opener 15 may be used'in the usual manner amount f space, and anyone of which may be swung out inte position for use when desired.

ll claim z A device of the class described comprisa' casing composed vof a single strip of [compact position as shown in Fig 2 occupying a minimum metal folded intermediate its ends and bent to provide a housing, said strip being outwardly bowed in advance of said housing with its freeends extended toward each other and connected'to form the end of the handle, and a plurality'of tools pivotally mounted between the side members of said strip with one end extending into said housing, said housing having a recess in one edge to form a seat for a'tool when swung outwardly.

In testimon that I claim the foregoing as my own,

have hereto affixed my signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES e. JacoBY;

. Witnesses:

NATHAN D. KULP, Perm Wom n 

